Today we have Ian Stead talking a little about his passion for Traveller art and working for Traveller Liftoff. Enjoy!
Bit of Background,
Been a long time fan of Traveller, I first remember playing it around 1984. Last couple of years I have done some work for the Mongoose Version of Traveller and other companies who use the Traveller licence. And now...

T-7! One more week until the Traveller Liftoff crowfunding.
While waiting for that day, here’s a video I’d like to share with you that I’ve found on youtube. It’s a speech by Bill Nye and somehow captures what I found interesting in science fiction and the universe, when I was younger (well, actually, I still find it fascinating and Bill captures...

T-14! Traveller LIFTOFF crowdfunding starts on September 1.
For those of you who haven't heard of LIFTOFF before: It's a Starter Set for Mongoose Traveller with a trimmed down ruleset, ready-to-play characters, six short adventures, and two maps. Everything in color of course.
If you haven't seen the teaser trailer already, here's the link again.https://vimeo.com/101864164

The five winners of the "Did you know"-Challenge have been chosen:
Thomas Smith
Brian Davis
Brett Slocum
Rory Hughes
Timothy Hidalgo
Nevertheless we thank all those who submitted their ideas and if one of your idea is chosen, you will be credited.
As for the five winners, you will receive your prize shortly: a limited edition of Traveller: Crew for Hire - Scientists with all Hivers.

Update on LIFTOFF, Crowdfunding, "Did you know"-Challenge
This diary entry has long been overdue but we were busy improving the rules.
So, what has happened and what is going to happen?
Like I said Donald, Martin and I were working on improving the rules, making them easy, understandable and clear but also very lightweight at the same time. Many of you have been...

We are picking up on an idea of one of our forum users: TrippyHippy
He suggested making Traveller LIFTOFF educational. While we probably won't print any equations it's a great idea to spark interest in physics and the world around us. So we will be inserting small fun facts in LIFTOFF such as this one:
"Did you know...
...that there's a permanent storm...

We released the Traveller Starter Set rules online as well as PDF for download. The next three months we will focus on maturing these rules and include your comments wherever possible.
You can submit your comments by registering to this website. We are looking forward to your ideas of making Traveller LIFTOFF a fun experience for teenagers and beginners.

Welcome to our Traveller Liftoff Production Diary. Here we will keep you informed about what’s going on behind the scenes on a more or less biweekly basis.
My personal motivation for this project stems from conventions here in Germany and 13Mann’s experience with Rolemaster and ABOREA. ABOREA managed to pull in a new audience, apparently not accustomed to the ’new’ concept...

Times have changed. Your own imagination is still the most advanced storytelling engine, but computer games are catching up fast. Tabletop roleplaying games are competing with video game titles that cost millions to make and draw on the talents of the best artists in the world – and that require no more instructions to actually "learn" how to play.
Despite video...

Crowdfunding for the entertaining and awesome Traveller Hephaestus adventure has started. What is Hephaestus all about?
A gigantic star ship has stranded nearby a gas giant of a populated system, sending out an automated distress signal. The type of vessel is unknown, so is the language used in the distress signal. However, the ship appears to be very advanced, maybe even...

The Traveller Map is now available at Amazon.de http://www.amazon.de/Traveller-Spinward-Marches-Excellent-Explorers/dp/3941420534/ and for sale throughout Europe. Unfortunately Amazon.com takes a little longer than anticipated.
However, the map is already with Alliance Games in the USA. Which means you can order in our webshop and they will ship it to you, which is the next best thing to Amazon.

There's new map material coming for Traveller. And it's full of important data...including previously unseen material. We will unveil more infos in the days to come. If you ever wondered what to pack when travelling the universe: THIS is the answer.